Kudos to Our Medical Staff

Sudarshan Jadcherla, MD, FRCPI, DCH, AGAF,
was awarded the 2009 Masters Award in Gastroenterology by the American
Gastroenterology Association (AGA) for Outstanding Achievement in Basic
or Clinical Digestive Sciences Research. The AGA Masters Awards were
created to recognize and celebrate the achievements of “the best and
the brightest in the field of gastroenterology.”

Dr. Jadcherla
worked with colleagues from the Children’s Hospital and Medical College
of Wisconsin to publish a study on the “Impact of Prematurity and
Co-morbidities on Feeding Milestones in Neonates.” Feeding progress was
tracked during the first hospitalization in a retrospective study
involving 186 infants. The physicians measured the age at acquisition
of first feedings, maximum gavage feedings and maximum oral feedings.
The complete study will be published in the first quarter of 2010, in
the Journal of Perinatology.

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Leif Nelin, MD,
Neonatologist, is senior author of the study titled, “Implementation of
a Multidisciplinary Guideline-Driven Approach to the Care of the
Extremely Premature Infant Improved Hospital Outcomes.” The manuscript
authored by neonatologists and nurses at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
has been accepted for publication in the Swedish medical journal, Acta
Paediatrica. The goal of the study was to determine how small baby
guidelines developed at Nationwide Children’s for premature infants
would improve outcomes for babies born at less than 27 weeks
gestation. The study is currently available in early view online and
will be published in the February 2010 edition of Acta Paediatrica.

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Philip Scribano, DO,
medical director of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy was
recognized September 30, 2009 at Molina Healthcare of Ohio’s first
Statewide Community Champions Awards. The ceremony, which was held at
the historic Lincoln Theater, included entertainment provided by the
Columbus Children’s Choir and Fo/Mo/Deep as well as a silent auction
featuring artwork by youth artists from Short Stop Youth Center.

Dr. Scribano is responsible for the implementation of two unique health care programs –The
Nurse-Family Partnership and the Fostering Connections Program. The
Nurse-Family Partnership is a voluntary program where highly-educated
nurses visit low-income women in their home during their first
pregnancy and throughout the first two years of their child’s life.
The Fostering Connections Program is a clinical partnership between
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Franklin County Children Services,
which offers comprehensive health care services for children and
adolescents placed in out-of-home care.